“If she wins, it’s the end of seniority,” said a House Democrat who has served decades in Congress.
Some powerful committee leaders have already stepped aside amid challenges from relatively younger upstarts.
For Democrats, seniority has long played an outsized role in determining whom rank-and-file members selected as their committee leaders.
So the once-small CBC prioritized seniority to help some of its members secure committee gavels and ranking member slots.
'It takes experience to do things well'Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., 68, another CBC member, said she takes no issue with younger members’ challenging senior colleagues.
Persons:
Donald Trump, Alexandria Ocasio, ”, Gerry Connolly, Jamie Raskin, Jerry Nadler, Nadler, Raskin, Jared Huffman, Raúl Grijalva, Grijalva, Melanie Stansbury, Huffman, Biden, “, won’t, Nancy Pelosi, there’s, Pelosi, isn’t, ’, Sen, Dianne Feinstein, Ruth Bader Ginsburg's, Trump, David Scott, Jim Costa, Angie Craig, Greg Casar, wasn’t, who’ve, Bill Foster, ” Foster, Foster, Hakeem Jeffries, Bobby Scott, Maxine Waters, Gregory Meeks, Bennie Thompson, Yvette Clarke, Clarke, Steven Horsford, Robin Kelly, Kelly, Jeffries, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Nanette Barragán, everyone’s, ” Kelly
Organizations:
WASHINGTON, White, Rep, Democrat, Democratic, Judiciary, Natural Resources Committee, Biden, Trump, GOP, Agriculture, Texas Democrat, Progressive, Republican, Financial, Republicans, Congressional Black Caucus, CBC, Education, Workforce, Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Democratic Steering, Committee
Locations:
Alexandria, Cortez, D, Florida, California